Highly Effective SEO

If you’re promoting a site on the web, you may be curious about search engine optimization (SEO). Curiosity about SEO makes sense. If there is a way to raise your ranking in the search engines, why not do it?

This post describes a highly effective way to achieve SEO without resorting to clever schemes.

For Example…

As of the date of this post, Googling the term chicago ruby on rails will generate results similar to the above image. Note that three of the ten results on page one are owned or controlled by the ChicagoRuby Organizer Team. I’ve tried this test on machines in multiple countries, computers that I’ve never touched before (to eliminate the influences of caching and geography). The results are consistent. How did we push ChicagoRuby’s SEO to this level?

Nantucket or WindyCityRails

There once was a dev from Nantucket,
Who tried to write code in a bucket.
“It works” quoth the coder.
Now I want to get bolder.
I’m ready for WindyCityRails.

You’re right. That limerick is only 80% finished and completely nonsensical!

A Business View of Ruby on Rails

If your company does anything with software on the web (sometimes called “Software as a Service” or SaaS) then you’ve already heard about Ruby on Rails. For smart people with non-IT backgrounds, this post will answer a few key questions:

• What is Ruby on Rails?
• Why do you care?
• How can your company benefit?

Note: A version of this post was originally published by WisdomGroup and re-published by ChicagoRuby.

MedCity INVEST 2017

We don’t have years, anymore, to make a decision. We have months. Or in some cases, weeks.
 
~ Bruce Brandes, CEO of Lucro

The MedCity INVEST conference gathers physicians, investors, engineers, and entrepreneurs with a shared interest: Everyone is striving to improve healthcare. The event is produced by MedCity News. Investors arrive in search of their next ROI engine. Startup CEOs with eclectic backgrounds pitch bold ideas. The conversations are rich.

Lessons from Berkshire Hathaway

I like the idea of artificial intelligence because we’re so short of the real thing.
 
~Charlie Munger

The Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting combines business education, entertainment, shopping, and fellowship into one weekend-long event. Chairman Warren Buffett and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger have held the gathering every year since 1966. This year’s meeting, held on Saturday, May 6, 2017, attracted over 38,000 participants. Omaha’s CenturyLink Center was filled to the rafters.

What draws people in? I think it’s a combination of straight talk, savvy humor, and a shared mission.